HC Deb 07 August 1947 vol 441 cc202-3W
Mr. K. Lindsay

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the proportion of ex-Service students to those coming direct from school in the universities, giving separate figures for each university and university college.

Mr. Dalton

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT 9th July; Vol.

UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES.
Institutions. Number of full-time students with homes in the United Kingdom.
Who have served in the Forces. Who have not so served but have entered direct from School.
Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total.
Birmingham University 584 37 621 1,022 760 1,782
Bristol University 490 59 549 520 495 1,015
Cambridge University 3,184 64 3,248 1,946 472 2,418
Durham University Durham Colleges 292 9 301 100 141 241
Durham University, King's College 800 58 858 1,005 537 1,542
Exeter University College 138 18 156 178 209 387
Hull University College 87 11 98 202 122 324
Leeds University 698 40 738 967 561 1,528
Leicester University College *69 *5 *74 78 47 125
Liverpool University 891 102 993 959 701 1,660
London University† 2,785 451 3,236 4,264 3,081 7,345
Manchester University *940 *85 *1,025 1,260 1,073 2,333
Manchester College of Technology 182 182 264 5 269
Nottingham University College 465 81 546 285 247 532
Oxford University 4,424 294 4,718 460 436 896
Reading University 234 61 295 163 335 498
Sheffield University 406 11 417 578 256 834
Southampton University College 175 15 190 179 141 320
Total, ENGLAND 16,844 1,401 18,245 14,430 9,619 24,049
Aberystwyth University College *403 *49 *452 266 289 555
Bangor University College 237 10 247 240 190 430
Cardiff University College *540 39 *579 425 390 815
Swansea University College *283 *6 *289 242 148 390
Welsh National School of Medicine *2 *1 *3 110 61 171
Total, WALES 1,465 105 1,570 1,283 1,078 2,361
Aberdeen University 526 35 561 567 503 1,070
Edinburgh University 1,071 186 1,257 2,002 1,237 3,239
Glasgow University 1,732 95 1,827 2,309 1,306 3,615
Glasgow Royal Technical College 327 2 329 485 64 549
St. Andrew's University, including Dundee University College 391 55 446 517 519 1,036
Total, SCOTLAND 4,047 373 4,420 5,880 3629 9,509
GRAND TOTAL GREAT BRITAIN 22,356 1,879 24,235 21,593 14,326 35,919
* These figures include all forms of National Service.
† Relevant figures for the London School of Economics are not available. The number of full-time students in attendance at the School (919 men and 663 women, of whom 282 men and 91 women were students from overseas) is not therefore included in the above figures.